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The Cure rehearsing for the Prayer Tour at Bray Studios in Berkshire, England, in April 1989

The Cure at their absolute peak* is arguably around the release of—what some 8 year olds from Colorado call the best album ever—the band’s 8th studio album Disintegration. Watch 30 minutes…

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The dreamy Post-Punk Quartet MONOGRAPHIC release their self-titled debut album | Watch their video for “The Light”

[dropcap]MONOGRAPHIC[/dropcap], a Post-Punk quartet based in Hamburg, Germany have released their debut LP on June 10th, 2016. The band formed in October of 2014 with Ric Freymann (Lead Guitar), Lothar…

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Mark Burgess of The Chameleons on the Passing of David Bowie | Plus the making of ‘Second Skin’ and ‘Swamp Thing’

[dropcap]We[/dropcap] have interviewed Mark Burgess of The Chameleons (Chameleons Vox) before, but nothing filmed, so the last time Mark stopped by Berlin to play a show, we took our camera…

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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | The Firstborn is Dead

On June 3rd 1985, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds released their second studio album The Firstborn Is Dead. Many veteran post-punk artists have dabbled with Americana with disastrous results,…

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Band of the Day | Radclyffe Hall premiere the video for the single “Rather Be”

[dropcap]Boston’s[/dropcap] Radclyffe Hall is premiering today the video for their single Rather Be—shot by Jess Barnthouse of Wicked Bird Media. The project fronted by Dhy Berry, was formed in 2014 while…

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Bands

The KVB premiere their Peter Strickland directed video for ‘Never Enough’

[dropcap]The KVB[/dropcap] have premiered their video for Never Enough, directed by Peter Strickland (Katalin Varga, Berberian Sound Studio, Björk: Biophilia Live). The hypnotic melody of the song scores the video’s unsettling…

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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | New album ‘Skeleton Tree’ and concert film ‘One More Time With Feeling’ due this fall

[dropcap]It[/dropcap] has been 3 years since 2013’s Push The Sky Away, and we have only had one audio release from Nick Cave since then, the airline inspired Sick Bag Song…

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Marlene Marder of LiliPUT/Kleenex has passed away

[dropcap]Marlene[/dropcap] Marder, guitarist for the Swiss all-female post-punk group LiLiPUT (originally calling themselves Kleenex) has passed away. Her death was announced by her American label, Kill Rock Stars, who has…

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Obituary

In memoriam of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis | May 18th, 1980

Ian Curtis took his own life on May 18th, 1980. He was only 23 years old. Perhaps we all remember this because it’s often part of the rock & roll…

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Traitrs premiere their video for “Witch Trials” off their upcoming album “Rites and Ritual”

[dropcap]Traitrs[/dropcap] are a Toronto-based band comprised of Sean-Patrick Nolan and Shawn Tucker. Long-time friends, the pair formed as Traitrs in mid-2015. Initially conceiving of the band primarily as a recording…

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